Best way to hide a facial scar?

Ashes

Ashes

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Not quite a "scar" but more of a scratch on top of a bruise, over my left eye, just below my eyebrow.

It looks bad, as if someone hit me or something, but the real (embarrassing) truth is that I let my dog outside last night and one of my cats ran out after her. I reached down for her and slammed myself into the door. I didn't even know it was bleeding until I came inside after feeling blood falling into my eye. I just thought I'd bruised it.

I woke up my boyfriend and he helped me get the cat (she was fine, BTW; I have a fenced in yard, but rabbits can get in by sneaking under the ramp that leads to the gate, so I'm sure my cat could easily do the same thing!)

My problem is that I have a job interview this afternoon and I don't want to look like some white trash, wife-beaten loser with a big bruise and cut above my eye... Should I try to hide it, or should I try to re-schedule the appointment? I don't know which would be worse! I could try to explain it, but it sounds so ridiculous that I'm afraid they would think I'm lying! Even worse, I doubt they would ask, and they would just assume...

Timely answers needed, please! My interview is at 2:00 pm. (Eastern Standard Time.)

~ashes
 
Ashes, I have no Idea how to hide it and it would probably take too long to go away so reshceduling the appointment is out. If there is a mall near you, you might try to get some help from one of the make up places. Good luck
 
You can explain it. It is ridiculous but everybody has had ridiculous accidents like that. Explain it to the interviewer as soon as you introduce yourself and you'll have a good laugh over it and you'll have broken the ice. :cool:
 
Cougar Allen said:
You can explain it. It is ridiculous but everybody has had ridiculous accidents like that. Explain it to the interviewer as soon as you introduce yourself and you'll have a good laugh over it and you'll have broken the ice. :cool:
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This seems like a good idea. :) I have experimented with makeup and stuff, but it looks so OBVIOUS that I would have to explain it anyway. I may, however, be able to hide it with my hair... Still, I think that might look obvious too, and I'm much better just being honest about things. If I don't get the job, so what? I don't want to work with people who have neither a sense of humor nor a sense of reality. ;)

thanks,
ashes
 
What Cougie Houser, MD said -- just let them know up front. "Sorry about the eye, I smacked the door chasing the cat this morning." They will understand. Or give you a pity job because they think you're abused -- either way, you get the job. ;)
 
Burchtree said:
...Or give you a pity job because they think you're abused -- either way, you get the job. ;)
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I will NOT take a pity job! :p I am more than capable of doing anything anyone asks of me. If the *did* hire me out of "pity" I would have to prove them wrong! I can do ANYTHING!

~ashes
 
I think it would be a great opener.

Ashes - "nice to meet you"
prospective employer - "nice to meet you"
Ashes - "I would like to be upfront with you. My cat has taken advantage of me being home an attempted to sabotage this job interview. Despite her attempt at throwing a door at me and trying to knock me unconscious, I'm very happy to be here today...."
 
Now I think that attitute is much more important than a bumped eye.

I help with the interview process here when the person is a technicial type. I don't think I would be allowed to ask about something like that, but I think an short, honest comment would put it to rest quicker than anything.

Best of luck on the interview.
 
Hi Ashes-

It's something to laugh about and keeps you from having to jump right into the "Why should we hire you?" line of questioning. Good luck on the job interview! Wouldn't it be funny if the bruise turns out to be a blessing in disguise? :)

~ Blue Jays ~
 
Ashes said:
My problem is that I have a job interview this afternoon and I don't want to look like some white trash, wife-beaten loser with a big bruise and cut above my eye... Should I try to hide it, or should I try to re-schedule the appointment?
~ashes
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Don't try to hide it, or you will look like you're trying to hide it. If you don't act like white trash, they won't think that of you, and I know you won't.
Good Luck!
 
If it's any consolation, i've a scar in the centre of my forehead it's just over five inches long (measured for the first time tonight!) that I got in a car crash sixteen years ago. I've also got a neat surgery scar when my pelvis shattered, too. I lost my driving license as a result of those injuries and that's the real bummer :(

So, there's someone worse ... me :D

Still, i feel for anyone with visual marks. I hope that it's not too bad looking !

Mark :)

EDIT : More to the point, GOOD LUCK with the interview !!
 
Well, the interview seemed to go okay. :) Thanks for the support!

I part my hair to the left, and it probably hid the mark, but I don't know whether or not the woman saw it, since she didn't mention it. I put a little makeup over it (without overdoing it!) and didn't try to be obvious about hiding it or anything. Anyway, there was a stack of paper (resumes, applications?) about two inches thick, and I doubt I'll get the job anyway. At least I tried though! I got the feeling that they wanted to hire a man, as this was for "physical" work and I probably don't look nearly as strong as the guy who was waiting to interview after me!

"Can you life 150 lbs?"

"Sure; no problem."

(I didn't lie; I probably could have picked that woman up and thrown her out the window without feeling a thing, and I'm sure she weighed more than 150 lbs! I can pick up my boyfriend and he weighs over 200 lbs!)

Anyway... she looked at me and wrote something down. The guy that was waiting for his own interview for the same position looked like a bodybuilder, even though he was at least 20 years older than me. Who knows what the other applicants looked like. :rolleyes:

I don't think I want this job anyway. :thumbdn:

~ashes
 
Roefisher said:
If it's any consolation, i've a scar in the centre of my forehead it's just over five inches long (measured for the first time tonight!) that I got in a car crash sixteen years ago. I've also got a neat surgery scar when my pelvis shattered, too. I lost my driving license as a result of those injuries and that's the real bummer :(

So, there's someone worse ... me :D

Still, i feel for anyone with visual marks. I hope that it's not too bad looking !

Mark :)
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I have scars from going face-first though a glass door in college. It took the plastic surgeon about an hour to get there and about 30-something stitches to fix me up. I have a lightning-shaped scar over my lips (I actually posted a pic on here once, WAAAAY back) and another scar on the bridge of my nose that turns red when I get cold, and a couple barely-noticable scars on my chin and forehead. The plastic surgeon did a great job, and I'm glad I waited for her instead of letting the people at the ER stitch me up! The only thing that I hate about it is that I can't go outside in cold weather or my upper lip gets numb and I can't talk, and eventually, if I stay out long enough, it will turn blue. That totally sucks. :thumbdn: No more skiing for ashes. :(

What's kind of funny is that my boyfriend has a scar in almost the same place, above his upper lip, although his isn't as bad as mine. His was from when some girl broke a glass against his face. I want to kill her.

My scars don't bother me. I remember when I was in the ER and I was thinking that I was going to look disfigured for the rest of my life. They wouldn't give me a mirror, even though I kept asking for one. My best friend at the time came with me and she let me use her compact... I looked at my face and started crying and realized why they wouldn't give me a mirror. For the record, my best friend stayed with me throughout the whole thing, while my boyfriend-at-the-time stayed in the waiting room. I didn't want him to see me. She held my hand and made both the doctor and me laugh, even though it hurt to laugh.

~ashes
 
Too bad I found this thread too late. I was gonna suggest you go down to a knick-knack store and buy a big fake plastic eye and put that over the bruise. That trick landed me a job once.

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TorzJohnson said:
...... I was gonna suggest you go down to a knick-knack store and buy a big fake plastic eye and put that over the bruise. That trick landed me a job once.

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Where, with Barnum and Bailey?;):D

J/K, but I am interested where.:)
 
Mike Hull said:
Where, with Barnum and Bailey?;):D

J/K, but I am interested where.:)
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At a Fortune 500 company that I can't mention. I had zero experience, but that damn eye kept them all firmly in my power.

Say, take a look down... down below these words... you are getting sleepy...

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